Pritzker's visit comes a week after President Barack Obama announced $600 million in competitive grants to spur creation of targeted training and apprenticeship programs to help people land good-paying jobs.

Pritzker was sworn in as commerce secretary in June 2013.

The Chicago billionaire business executive and philanthropist is a longtime Obama friend who raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for both of his presidential campaigns.

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